Stevie Nicks wants to sing at Hillary's Inauguration. Guess which song.

[NightWatcher]

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http://kimatv.com/news/entertainment/stevie-nicks-wants-to-sing-landslide-at-hillary-clintons-inauguration

(WENN) — Fleetwood Mac star Stevie Nicks has added a new item to her bucket list - she wants to perform at Hillary Clinton's presidential inauguration.

Nicks and her band performed "Don't Stop" at Bill Clinton's first inaugural ball and now she wants to sing her solo hit "Landslide" if his wife, the former first lady, beats Republican Donald Trump at the polls in November.

"When she wins by a landslide, I could gather together the Dixie Chicks, Billy Corgan and everybody who's ever sung a version of 'Landslide,'" she told The New York Times. "It's not uptempo, but it certainly would get the message across."

[Botany]

1. One of the best songs ever

[longship]

8. That is great! Thank you. nt

[AwakeAtLast]

32. Yes, it is!

I still get chills every time I hear it!

[Angry Dragon]

2. always liked Fleetwood Mac

[2naSalit]

55. I liked them before

Buckingham and Nicks joined them.

[TonyPDX]

3. For Trump I'd recommend "The Chicken Dance"

[Retired George]

13. No: the Beatles

[lastlib]

26. Would be good, except....

...for that line: "...the world is at your command..."

[misterhighwasted]

52. "Lonesome Loser"

[classykaren]

43. No the Country song "Were you born a A-----H"

[muntrv]

47. "Stand Back" by Stevie Nicks.

[LiberalLovinLug]

53. I think this one would work for Trump and many of his supporters too

[forest444]

56. Or this one:

[Separation]

60. This one is better

[TonyPDX]

61. Perfect!

[Libby2]

4. Yes, but only if the Dixie Chicks sing with her.

It would only be right.

[Shivaraja]

14. that's what the post says...

[Libby2]

16. Oops, now I sound like Donald.

I admit, I didn't read the whole post. Lesson learned. ha

[calimary]

30. Welcome to DU, Shivaraja!

That would also be a nice tweak - to have the Dixie Chicks up there in that exalted position at the inauguration. Take THAT, CONS!

[Shivaraja]

39. shut up and sing, right?

sweet revenge!

[Rorey]

15. What an "in your face" for Republicans!

After what they did to the Dixie Chicks, that would be super!

[LakeArenal]

5. Stevie is my idol.

I feel blessed just knowing her thoughts on the campaign. I hope President elect Clinton will take her up on it!

And maybe Janet Jackson and " Nasty"

[FailureToCommunicate]

42. Another vote for Janet Jackson and "Nasty"!

[Elwood P Dowd]

6. One of my favorite songs over the past 40 years.

Have the CD, LP and even have it on my iPhone and laptop iTunes playlists.

[Divine Discontent]

7. I didn't know she was having vision problems

I love Stevie! She's one of my fave singers ever. Leather & Lace is awesome, as is Landslide, If Anyone Falls, Sometimes It's a Bitch, and I Can't Wait.

[NightWatcher]

9. Damned autocorrect is my biggest enema sometimes

[Divine Discontent]

17. ha! mine as well... I love it and hate it...

[awoke_in_2003]

21. My father posted a pic of him and a friend

that was taken in Las Colinas, TX from a few years ago. Autocorrect made it Las Colonic.

[allan01]

10. hope maddame prez has taco trucks at the event too also.

[klook]

18. LOL! Great idea!

I'd almost forgotten about our forthcoming taco nirvana!!

[Metric System]

12. Isn't Billy Corgan a hardcore right-winger? I think he's been on Alex Jones' show.

[ErikJ]

19. Wow. Youre right. Had no idea.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

22. I think he just likes being a reactionary asshole.

It's a good thing he's a musical genius and I can appreciate him for his art. But he seems to just enjoy going out of his way to piss people off.

[ProfessorGAC]

25. I Know Him, Tommy

You're right. He's an asshole.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

29. I think of him like family.

Smashing Pumpkins are my all time favorite band, and Billy's a master in terms of his guitar and songwriting. (His voice is an acquired taste but he can surprise you at times)

But he's just a notoriously prickly personality. Not sure if he likes to play up the whole tortured genius thing or it just comes subconsciously.

So I view him like a family member who is just a difficult person but I'm basically forced to love him.

And his version of Landslide is my favorite hands down, no disrespect to Ms. Nicks or the Dixie Chicks.

[ProfessorGAC]

33. Sorry Dude

I don't have quite the same opinion of him, musically or personally. But, whatcha gonna do? We all have our tastes and our opinions!

[ErikJ]

37. Well chance of him playing there is zero.

Pro-wrestling nut? OMG. He must have had a brain injury.

[lindysalsagal]

20. I was thinking: "You're No Good."

Landslide isn't a party song.

[Enrique]

23. Edge of 70?

sorry

[lastlib]

24. Whew! For a second, I thought.....

...it'd be 'Gold Dust Woman'!

[DonCoquixote]

27. perfect

"Landslide" is Nicks singing about getting out of the very nasty marriage to Lindsey Buckingham. Granted, FM was a drug fueled hellhole that brought out the worst in everyone, but this was directed at Lindsey, a song that says "Sorry, we have to move on." That is perfect as America finally divorces itself from the asshole boyfriends and abusive spouses that are the GOP.

"iv'e been afraid of changing//cause Iv'e built my life around you
but time makes you bolder//children get older
I'm getting older too..

I took my love//I took it down
Climbed a mountain and turned around
and if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
the landslide will take it down.'

[chrisau214]

35. Stevie and Lindsey Were Never Married

'Landslide' was written in 1973 before Stevie and Lindsey joined Fleetwood Mac. Their relationship ended in 1975.

The song Stevie wrote about the end of her relationship with Lindsey is 'Dreams' which is a sort of counterpoint to Lindsey's 'Go Your Own Way'.

This is how 'Landslide' came to be in Stevie's own words;

It was written in 1973 at a point where Lindsey and I had driven to Aspen for him to rehearse for two weeks with Don Everly. Lindsey was going to take Phil's place. So they rehearsed and left, and I made a choice to stay in Aspen. I figured I'd stay there and one of my girlfriends was there. We stayed there for almost three months while Lindsey was on the road, and this is right after the Buckingham Nicks record had been dropped. And it was horrifying to Lindsey and I because we had a taste of the big time, we recorded in a big studio, we met famous people, we made what we consider to be a brilliant record and nobody liked it (laughs). I had been a waitress and a cleaning lady, and I didn't mind any of this. I was perfectly delighted to work and support us so that Lindsey could produce and work and fix our songs and make our music.

But I had gotten to a point where it was like, "I'm not happy. I am tired. But I don't know if we can do any better than this. If nobody likes this, then what are we going to do?"

So during that two months I made a decision to continue. "Landslide" was the decision. "When you see my reflection in the snow-covered hills" - it's the only time in my life that I've lived in the snow. But looking up at those Rocky Mountains and going, "Okay, we can do it. I'm sure we can do it." In one of my journal entries, it says, "I took Lindsey and said, 'We're going to the top!'" And that's what we did. Within a year, Mick Fleetwood called us, and we were in Fleetwood Mac making $800 a week apiece (laughs). Washing $100 bills through the laundry. It was hysterical. It was like we were rich overnight.

[Dream Girl]

28. I love that beautiful song but it makes me cry

The line about children getting older gets me every time..

[calimary]

36. Yeah, Dream Girl. Me, too.

Followed by the line "I'm getting older too." My 2nd-and-last kid moved out earlier this year. I'm still not over it. That song reliably gets me choked up. This year, worse than ever.

[FailureToCommunicate]

41. Sorry for the heartache, but trust me: they may want to move back in before too long...

Just speaking from experience. The economy is a strong headwind, these days, for birds trying to leave the nest.

[calimary]

45. So I keep hearing.

But at least so far, no interest on his part. And our daughter's a newlywed - to a great guy who's pretty much locked in, in another state, because of the family business of which he's an active part. It's quite clear that she WON'T be coming back.

"Landslide" is one song I don't think I can bear to hear - at least for awhile.

[Dream Girl]

58. My only child is 16, so I know that day will come...but every day brings it's own little landslide

He is needing me less and less. -sniff-

[calimary]

63. I was about to say - "brace yourself." But it probably won't make any difference even if you do.

I started "working on it" with both my kids the same night they each were born. "Remember, you're gonna have to give them away someday. They're only gonna be yours for a little while. Be ready for it." And I told myself and told myself and told myself. Reminded and reminded and reminded. Eyes wide open and all that.

Baloney.

The day came when he moved out. I was destroyed. A mess. Cried for weeks. And that was earlier this year. He informed us of his decision to move out the previous Christmas Eve. Our boy's a professional musician, but in that case his sense of timing was for absolute shit! I think it hit especially hard because there were some leftover emotions that hadn't surfaced when his big sister left for college and basically never came back except to visit. This was the last kid. All gone. It's over. I cried for a whole lot of additional weeks, after that.

AND I KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME!!!! From the day they both were born. Didn't make it one bit easier once it did.



Enjoy him as much as you can, while you still can.

[Dream Girl]

64. Having a child is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body (nt).

[calimary]

66. MAN is that ever true.

That really nails it.

Nails it.

[Kaleva]

31. Trump has Chuggo lined up to rap "Ah C'mon" at the counter-inauguration

[mainstreetonce]

34. I've been playing Landslide

By Natalie Maines and the Dixie Chicks,a great political statement.

[applegrove]

38. Love that song.

[MrScorpio]

40. My vote is for Carly Simon... Doing a special dedication to The Donald.

[Crowman1979]

44. Billy Corgan won't join since he now an Alex Jonestown cult member.

[SeattleVet]

46. Lily Allen

Lyrics custom made for him and his entire campaign:

[Gman]

48. I was a delegate to the 92 convention in NYC

When that song started it was a magic moment I'll never forget.

[cungar2000]

49. Landslide wasn't a "solo hit" for Stevie

It's from Fleetwood Mac's 1975 self titled album

[Nitram]

50. I'm not sure a hookah smoker is the best image for anyone on DU.

Just what the tobacco industry likes to see...

[retrowire]

51. sigh. nt

[lark]

54. Her and the Dixie Chicks together?

Totally awesome!

[DFW]

57. I have THE perfect song for Election Night

The song is done, video in the works. We are planning to put it up on Youtube and Facebook on Election Night.

Stay tuned!!!!!

[maddiemom]

59. Great Idea! Very appropo in so many ways.

[red dog 1]

62. Stevie Nicks & the Dixie Chicks singing any song at HRC's Inauguration would be great!

K&R!!

[nolabear]

65. Oh pleeeeeeease let it be so!

I'll have the biggest, sobbingest sloppy singalong you ever saw.